Pascal Rod, Executive Director IFNA The Hague, Netherlands, June 2010.
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Transcript of Pascal Rod, Executive Director IFNA The Hague, Netherlands, June 2010.
Austria
CroatiaDenmarkFinlandFrance
GermanyHungary
Italy
Netherlands
Iceland
PolandSloveniaSpain
SwedenSwitzerlandUnited Kingdom
Norway
Luxembourg
Belgium
Membership Conditions
• To be the most representative association, organization or branch of nurse anesthetist in the country.
• Nurse anesthetist: generic word for nurses specialised or « involved » in anesthesia services with formal program of education or in process to developp one
• One association per country, • One voice in IFNA• Non nurse anesthesia providers associations can apply
for associate membership
Countries not represented
• Many countries had a recruitment for nurses at the age of 16, without achieving secondary education.
• Nurse Anesthesia practice requires higher education, beyond secondary education.
• Health technicians: higher education• Lack of national organizations• Lack of « official » recognition of nurses
practicing in anesthesia
Congress Planning CommitteeCPC
• Standing Committee of the IFNA in charge of organizing the World Congress
• Composition:– Chairperson of the immediate past Congress Chair of the
CPC– Chairperson of the current Congress– Chairperson of the next Congress– Officers– Executive Director
• Meeting twice a year
Education Committee• First IFNA Committee• Composition:
– Nurse anesthesia Program Directors or TeachersDr. Betty Horton , USA, ChairpersonMs. Jennifer Hui-Ju Yang , TaiwanDr. Karin Bjorkman-Bjorkelund, SwedenMrs. Susanna Anang, GhanaMrs. Marianne Riesen , Switzerland
• Activities:– Developping and reviewing Standards of Education, Program
guidelines, Master’s guidelines– Developpment of Accreditation program and reviewing of application
forms– Poster Judgement at Congress
Practice Committee
• New committee: – Mrs. Sandra Ouellette chairperson
• Reviewing the Standards of practice, Monitoring Guidelines
• Address Continuing education issues• Collect data about practice worldwide
Membership fees
• 3 categories for membership based on World Bank classification of GPNI
• Lower: 0,75 CHF ( 0,52 Euros) / active member of the country member association
• Middle: 1,25 CHF (0,87 Euros)/active member of the country member association
• Highest: 3 CHF (2 Euros)/active member of the country member association
Members categories• Upper Middle Income Countries: 1,25 SFr (0,87
Euros) per active member of organizationCroatia, Gabon, Jamaica, Poland, Serbia • Low and Lower Middle Income countries:0,75
SFr (0,52 Euros) per active member of organization
Benin, Cambodia, Congo Democratic Republic, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Indonesia, Morocco, Nigeria, Tunisia, Uganda
Members categories
• High Income Countries: 3,00 SFr ( 2 Euros) per active member of organization
Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, Korea Rep, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom and the United States of America
Education• Countries with 18 up to 24 months ( or more) of education:
– Benin, Cambodia, Rep. Dem. of Congo, Denmark, France, , Gabon, Ghana, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Luxemburg, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, USA
• Countries with less than 18 months– Belgium, Finland, Taiwan, UK
• Countries with combined training:– Austria, Germany
• Countries with on site training:– Croatia, Italy, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain
• Countries without formal nursing background:– Tunisia, partly Netherlands
Level of Education
• Master’s:– USA– France in progress– Spain in progress
• Post-bachelor:– Iceland– Norway ( in progress for Master’s)– Sweden– Taiwan in progress
National Data from country members
• Number of Nurse Anesthetists• Number of members in association• Number of Anesthesiologists• Number of Anesthesia cases
IFNA Documentation• International Standards of Education for nurse
anesthetists• International Standards of practice for nurse
anesthetists• International Code of Ethics for nurse anesthetists• Monitoring guidelines• Guidelines for starting a nurse anesthesia program of
education• Guidelines for a Master’s program• Accreditation for Nurse Anesthesia programs • Recommendations for creating a national organization
New Challenges• Work on the recognition of Nurse Anesthesia as
Advanced Practice of nursing• Work on improvment of Nurse Anesthesia education
at Master’s level• Implement the Accreditation program in order to
facilitate the comparaison of nurse anesthesia programs and the recognition of equivalences
• Improve the continuing education opportunities for our colleagues from less developped countries
• Develop some research on nurse anesthesia internationally